RELATED:US prosecutors: Chicago man helped Mumbai terror plot"The conduct alleged today shows that Mr. Ferdaus had long planned to commit violent acts against our country," US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said in a statement.The statement said the public was never in danger from the explosive devices, which were controlled by undercover FBI employees.If convicted Ferdaus faces up to 15 years in jail for providing support to foreign terrorists, up to 20 years on a charge of attempting to destroy national defense premises, and up to 20 years on a charge of attempting to damage and destroy buildings owned by the United States.In a 42-page affidavit, authorities said the physics graduate from Northeastern University in Boston began planning to commit a violent "jihad" against the United States in early 2010, calling Americans "enemies of Allah."Ferdaus, of Ashland, Massachusetts, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Boston, allegedly modified mobile phones to act as electrical switches for improvised explosive devices. He is accused of supplying the phones to the undercover FBI agents, whom he believed were members of, or recruiters for, al Qaida."During a June 2011 meeting, he appeared gratified when he was told that his first phone detonation device had killed three US soldiers and injured four or five others in Iraq. Ferdaus responded, 'That was exactly what I wanted,'" the affidavit said.
US man charged in Pentagon, Capitol explosive plot
US citizen charged with planning terrorist attacks using remote-controlled aircraft filled with plastic explosives, assisting al Quaida.
RELATED:US prosecutors: Chicago man helped Mumbai terror plot"The conduct alleged today shows that Mr. Ferdaus had long planned to commit violent acts against our country," US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said in a statement.The statement said the public was never in danger from the explosive devices, which were controlled by undercover FBI employees.If convicted Ferdaus faces up to 15 years in jail for providing support to foreign terrorists, up to 20 years on a charge of attempting to destroy national defense premises, and up to 20 years on a charge of attempting to damage and destroy buildings owned by the United States.In a 42-page affidavit, authorities said the physics graduate from Northeastern University in Boston began planning to commit a violent "jihad" against the United States in early 2010, calling Americans "enemies of Allah."Ferdaus, of Ashland, Massachusetts, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Boston, allegedly modified mobile phones to act as electrical switches for improvised explosive devices. He is accused of supplying the phones to the undercover FBI agents, whom he believed were members of, or recruiters for, al Qaida."During a June 2011 meeting, he appeared gratified when he was told that his first phone detonation device had killed three US soldiers and injured four or five others in Iraq. Ferdaus responded, 'That was exactly what I wanted,'" the affidavit said.